About The Book

Mental Wellness: A Spiritual Journey

In this groundbreaking book, Dr. El-Rayes presents a program of systematic approach to help you heal from depression, anxiety, and addictions and guides you to a path to mental wellness to create a much happier and more fulfilling life. Mental wellness goes beyond being free of a mental disorder. It is an active process of making choices to reach your potential.

The program uses evidence-supported practices and complements the medical services. It integrates the author’s personal experience with the work of several renowned psychologists and psychiatrists, including Abraham Maslow, Aaron Beck, Victor Frankly, Thomas Hora, and others, as well as some of the ancient and contemporary philosophers. Dr. El-Rayes developed this program to help him heal from depression and anxiety, and reach his potential. So far, the program has helped thousands of people.

This book will help you heal and guide you to become the best you. It will facilitate your self-transformation, and your journey to mental wellness. You will be able to learn more about yourself and discover the wonderful person you are, find your own way to spiritual growth, identify your life purpose, enjoy a meaningful and fulfilling life, and make a difference in the world. The also focuses on stress management and relaxation strategies.

About the Author

Hamdy El-Rayes, MBA, Ph.D., is a well-established mental wellness coach and the developer of the Mental Wellness coaching program. He is the Chair of the El-Rayes Foundation and Director of H.R. Mental Wellness Centre, which has served thousands of people since January 2006. He volunteers his time to help people who suffer from depression and anxiety and those who aspire to reach their potential and become self-actualized, whether they are at the beginning of their career or at their pinnacle.

Chapter 1. Mental wellness and how to achieve it
• The difference between mental wellness and mental health
• Mental wellness: Healing from and preventing mental illnesses
• An overview of the process to achieve mental wellness

Chapter 3. Spirituality for the religious, the non-religious, and the atheist
• Spirituality and depression – a personal experience
• Religions and spirituality
• A definition of spirituality
• Spirituality and medicine
• Spirituality and mental health
• Benefits of spirituality
• Spirituality and well-being
• Believing in a Higher Power

Chapter 7. Life meaning and purpose
• Life meaning
• Why have a life purpose?
• The effect of cultural beliefs on the health of society
• Consumerism and mental illness
• Definition of life purpose
• My life purpose, social conditioning and its impact
• Your search for life purpose

Chapter 9. Spirituality and self-actualization
• Theory of human motivation
• Survival needs
• Self-actualization
• Barriers to self-actualization
• How to become self-actualized
• Qualities for self-actualization and how to develop them